Gate.



H. Z. FLETCHER.

. GATE.

APPLlCATON FILED CT. I9, 1914.V l 1,188,261 Patented June 20,1916.

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H. Z. FLETCHER.

Patented June 20, 1916.

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THB COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH co.. WASHING-roti. D.. c.

HENRY z FLETCHER, 0E sEYMoUR, inplaats.

GATE.

Specicatien of Letters Patent. Patented June 20, 1916-,

Application led October 19, 1.914. Serial lilo. 867.475.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRr Z. FLETCHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seymour, in the county of Jackson and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which thefollowing is a specication.

An object of my invention is to provide a gate which may be used inseparating the larger stock such as horses, cows and etc.

A further object is to so construct the gate and the mounting thereforthat the clearance of the gate above the ground may be adjusted andvaried and the gate can thus be adapted for use in grading hogs, shoats,etc., by being raised to a height above the ground to permit the passageof animals of a certain size.

A still further object is to construct a gate which while permittingadjustment and operation as hereinbefore set forth is luseful and highlyefficient as an ordinary farm gate.

lVith other objects in view, which will be referred to, my inventionconsists in the peculiar combination and novel arrangemet of parts, suchas will be. hereinafter more fully described in connection with theaccompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 .is a view in elevation of the structure ofmy invention with one of the adjusted positions thereof indicated indotted lie. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in elevation of the swingingend of the gate taken from the reverse side of the disclosure in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a detailview of the latch-operating lever.

The gate posts 1 and 2 may be the posts by which the ends of theV fenceadjacent the gate are held or may be posts set purposely to provide amounting or support for the gate.

The straps or loops 3 and 4 are secured on the posts 1 near the upperand lower end thereof placed above the ground and the j amb member 5 isfitted in these strap members to have endwise movement in a verticaldirection as is indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, this jambmember 5 being adapted to normally rest in the position shown in fullline in this ligure and to thus provide a support for the gate.

The gate comprises the member 6` adapted to be swung on the jamb 5 and amember 7 which is mounted on and supported yby the member 6 to becapable of endwise sliding movement with respect thereto.` The jambmember 5 and the member 6 of the gate each have the eyelets 8 connectedalong the adjacent edges thereof and a hinge pin 9 `is inserted throughthe eyelets ofthe two members to swing the gate member 6 on the Jambmember 5. Y

The gate member 6 comprises a plurality of longitudinally disposedslats. 10 and the upright members 11 and 12 are secured on each side ofthese slats at the outer ends of the gate member to provide slot openings therethrough as better illustrated in Fig. 3. The member 7 of thegate comprises the end stile 13 with a horizontally disn posed slat 14connected therewith to it through the openings provided between thevertically disposed members 11 and 12 of the gate member G and bearagainst the slots 10,

' and the diagonal brace vmembers 15 are secured across the several slatmembers 14 of the gate member 7 after these slat members have beenfitted in the relation disclosed in the several figuresfof the drawingswhere the gate member 7 is mounted on the gate member 6 to have endwisesliding movement with respect thereto.

A hand lever 16 is pivoted near its center on the gate member 6 andtherocking lever 17 pivoted in a like manner on the member 6 has one of theends thereof connected with the freeend of the hand lever 16 by a link18 so that as the hand lever is rocked around its. point of pivotal.connection, a similar swmging movement is transmitted to the rockinglever 17. A link 19 is connected with the free end of the rocking lever17 and at its opposite end has a pivotal connection on one of the slats14 of the gate member 7 so that as the hand lever 16 is swung in the onedirection or the other, the head stile 13 of the gate member 7 will beextended from and contracted toward'the members 11 and 12 of the gatemember 6 accordingly as the hand lever 16 may be swung in oppositedirections.

A socket member 20- is secured on the ground in the swinging path of thehead members 11 and 12 of the gate member 6 and a locking bolt 21 ismounted to have endwise sliding movement in suitable bearings on themember 11 and to be brought to a position to engage in the socket 20 andto thus hold the member 6 against swinging movement around the hinge pin9. As a means of adjusting the height at which the gate swings above theground level, an operating lever 22 is pivoted at 23 on the post l and atoggle 24 is connected with the free end of this operating lever 22 andhas a pivotal connection with the jamb member 5 so that as the operatinglever is swung around its pivotal connection at 23 the jamb member 5will be raised and through the hinging of the gate member 6 with thisjamb member 5 the parts will all be raised to the position indicated inthe relation indicated in dotted line in Fig l.

As a means of securing the gate in its closed position when the lockingbolt 21 is not in use, the stops or latch members 25 are provided to behinged on the gate posts 2 and are operated through the hand lever 26which is pivoted to the post 2 and eX- tends on either side thereof topermit manual operation of the member 25 from either side of the gate,and while one specific form of latch or lock has been here illustrated,it will be understood that this structure might be varied and yet comewithin the scope of this invention.

l/Vhen the gate is to be used as an ordinary farm gate, the hand lever1G will be adjusted to the proper position to cause the head stile 13 toclose adjacent the post 2 and the operating lever 22 will remain in theposition indicated in full lines in Fig. l where the gate is permittedfree swinging movement, but when it is desired to use the gate inseparating out stock of the larger animals such as horses and cattle,the locking bolt 2l will be engaged at its lower end in the socket 2Oand this will hold the gate member G against swinging movement aroundthe hinge pin 9, then by operating the hand lever 16 the gate member 7may be extended from or withdrawn toward the head end of the gate member6 and certain of the animals can be permitted to pass through theopening provided between the head stile 13 in its retracted position andthe gate post 2, other animals being cut out as they approach thepassage thus provided. To adapt the gate to be used in grading thesmaller stock as hogs, sheep, etc., the member 7 will be extended tohave the head stile thereof abut against the gate post 2', then byshifting the operating lever 22 around the pivotal connection at 23thereof, the jamb member 5 will be raised to the desired height abovethe ground and all animals under a given size will be permitted to passbeneath the gate, animals of a greater size being excluded from thispassage.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a gate which issimple and efficient in construction and operation and Which in additionto its use as a closure in a fence opening may be, with slightadjustment adapted for use in separating out and in grading stock.

Vhile I have herein shown and described one specific form'of myinvention, it will be understood that slight changes might be made inthe form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to be limitedthereto except for such limitations as the claims may import.

I claim f l. A gate structure comprising a gate post, straps mounted 'onsaid gate post, a j amb member mounted in said straps to be capable ofvertical movement, a gate, swung on said jamb member, an operating leverpivoted on said gate post, and a link connected between said operatinglever and said jamb in such relation that swinging movement transmittedto the operating lever causes the jamb member and the gate swung thereonto be raised and lowered with respect to the ground.

2. A gate structure comprising a gate post, a main gate member movablyassociated with said gate post, a supplemental gate member mounted toslide longitudinally with respect to said main gate member, an operatinglever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on said main gate member,a rocking lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on said maingate member, a link loosely connecting one end of said operating leverand one end of said rocking lever, a second link loosely connecting theother end of Said rocking lever and said supplemental gate memberwhereby movement of said operating lever will cause longitudinalmovement of said supplemental gate member, as and for thepurposespeeified.

ln testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY Z. FLETCHER.

Vitnesses y BENJ. C. Hoeren,

MABEL HARRIS.

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